Another name for the city of Jerusalem.
About Ariel
The name Ariel is a poetic name for Jerusalem. The prophet Isaiah used the name in a "woe" oracle warning people to turn from their wrongdoing (Isaiah 29:1–2, 7).
In the oracle, Isaiah called Jerusalem "Ariel" (which means "hearth of God"). Naming one part of a whole thing for dramatic effect is a poetic device called a "synecdoche." Jerusalem is the location of the altar of burnt offering, but Isaiah refers to the entire city as an altar.
Key References
Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
All Scripture References (3)
Isaiah (3)
Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,